2013-14 Student/Parent Handbook - Nash-Rocky Mount Schools

eginning of each school year and any time there is a change in the dosage, administration time or type of
medication. The parent/legal guardian is responsible for bringing the medication to school and for picking up
unused medication. Unclaimed medication will be disposed.
VISION AND HEARING SCREENING
School nurses provide routine screening and will screen students upon parent, legal guardian and teacher referral for
hearing and vision. Students who do not pass the screening will receive written notification of referral to a provider.
Guidelines for Hearing Screening: Screen Kindergarten students not tested as part of kindergarten physical or
failed/referred during kindergarten physical. Screen all 1st grade students. Other students are screened upon referral
to the school nurse.
Guidelines for Vision Screening: Screen far vision and stereopsis for kindergarten students not screened during
kindergarten physical or failed/referred during physical. Screen far vision all 3rd and 5th grade students. Other
students are screened upon referral to the school nurse.
Homeless Students
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act has been reauthorized and incorporated into the No Child
Left Behind Act. The reauthorization ensures educational rights and protections for children and youth experiencing
homelessness. The federal government's legal definition of homelessness based on the McKinney-Vento Homeless
Education Assistance Act is anyone who lacks a regular, fixed, and adequate nighttime residence (substandard
housing); is sharing housing due to economic struggles; is living in a shelter, hotel or motel; is living in a public
place not designated for sleeping (cars, parks); is an unaccompanied youth; is a child or youth awaiting foster care
placement; is a child or youth abandoned in a hospital; or is a migrant child who qualifies under any of the above.
The McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Assistance Act requires districts to ensure homeless students have access
to education and other services they need to meet the same high academic achievement standards as all students. All
local school districts must designate a Homeless Liaison. The Homeless Liaisons must ensure that: homeless
children and youth are identified; homeless students enroll in, and have full and equal opportunity to succeed in the
school district; and that homeless families, children, and youth receive educational services.
Homeless students have the right to enroll in school immediately. Parents can request continued enrollment in the
school attended prior to becoming homeless or at the local school of the current residence. For further information
please contact the Director of Student Services at 252-459-5220 and/or view the Homeless Education webpage
under the parents/students section of the Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools website.
RELEASE OF STUDENT INFORMATION
The federal No Child Left Behind Act requires high schools to provide to military recruiters, upon request, access to
names, addresses, and phone numbers of high school students unless it is requested that the information not be
released to military recruiters using the form available. Similarly, Board policy also requires schools to release
information to colleges or other higher education institutions upon request. If you do not want NRMPS to disclose
this information without your prior written consent, please complete the "Opt-Out Form" available at high schools.
Child Nutrition
SCHOOL MEALS
The Child Nutrition Services (CNS) supports a healthy lifestyle for all students in the Nash-Rocky Mount Public
Schools. To assist with student academic achievement, CNS provides nutritious meals at affordable prices, in a safe,
friendly, and attractive environment within a self-supporting operation. All schools offer breakfast and lunch daily.
Breakfast is usually served 15 minutes prior to the start of the school day. The time of lunch service is determined
by the school principal.
FREE & REDUCED-PRICE MEALS
Nash-Rocky Mount Public Schools offers meals to students at full-price, reduced-price, and free, depending upon
eligibility standards established by the federal government.
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